LASA June 2009: Rethinking Inequalities

Picture shows Stephen Wilkinson with Prof. Jorge Domínguez of Harvard University and Rafael Hernández of the Cuban magazine Temas

Latin American Studies Association Congress2009

Rethinking inequalities

XXVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association

June 11-14, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

IISC participation

The IISC convened a very successful panel at this conference:

PIP037 Sunday 11:00 - 12:45 am, Sala L250 - Leme

Cuba and Venezuela: Ideologies, culture and socilaism of the 21st century

Chair Stephen Henry Wilkinson

Presenters

1. Adrian Hearn, Univeristy of Sydney, Australia

The Impact of China on "21st Century Socialism" in Latin America

2. Ken Cole, IISC , London Metropolitan

The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas: The regional political architecture of equality

3. Yanet Toirac García, University of Havana

Democratización cultural, institucionalidad y participación social: reflexiones presentes y desafíos futuros en torno a la política cultural en Cuba

5. Christina Perez, Dominican Univeristy, Chicago, USA

The Health Revolution in Cuba and Venezuela: Community Medicine, Popular Participation, and Socialism

In addition, Dr Stephen Wilkinson of the IISC gave two papers at other panels:

On Thursday, 11 June he took part in a panel on the state of Cuban Studies today with Harvard professor Jorge Domínguez and chaired by the eidtor of Havan-based Temas magazine Rafael Hernández.

On Saturday 13th June he gave a paper at the panel entitled: Fifty Years of Revolution: Foreign Policy and Cuba's Place in the World

Chair: Soraya Castro Mariño